Labor Welfare Practices in Tea Garden: A legal analysis

Abstract

Tea sector is the promising sector to earn foreign currency. In Bangladesh there are 163 tea gardens. When the whole world is in ovation of establishing welfare state system, tea plantation laborer deprived from their basic welfare needs for living. Tea plantation laborer drink tea with salt can best exemplifies their situations. Tea plantation laborer is not just a labor issue. They excluded and marginalized section is not enjoying their welfare measures properly as main stream society of the country. They are drinking and using unhygienic water everyday. Their washing facility is unhygienic also.They are dissatisfied with their hosing, education and recreation facilitate system. The maternity benefit is drastically violated. So laws given welfare rights has been violating by employer in tea garden. The purpose of the study is to identify the What are welfare measures under Labor Act, 2006. This research examines, whether the welfare measures are in compliance human rights of the laborer under the Constitution, human rights instrument and ILO Conventions. This research depicts the whole scenario on the current situation of the tea plantation laborer.And it can be progressed the current scenario of welfare of tea garden laborer through implementing mentioned recommendation of this research by the policy makers. Proper implementation of the mentioned recommendation can improve the welfare rights as well as economic growth of Bangladesh.